December 2009
151 posts
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience and compassion. These...”
– Lao Tzu (via mnmal)
“A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in...”
– Mark Twain (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“I thought I was pretty good until I worked with the guy who made Winamp. It took...”
– 80K for that? (posted by drewr) (via rickbradley)
Accept Yourself.
littlemiss:
[Via]
Stop enviously comparing yourself to other people. Accept yourself for who you are and be the best you that you can be.
Embrace yourself and gain confidence. Confidence is the sexiest thing you’ll ever wear.
Accentuate your positives. Work on your negatives.
Let love in. Follow your dreams. Be who you are.
Let your voice be heard. Stand up for what you believe in.
Let go...
Why programmers are not paid in proportion to... →
maraby:
at The Endeavour
“Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust, and when you’re up, it’s never...”
– Blow, Submitted by; ana-kristine (via quote-book)
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering...”
– Laozi (Tao Te Ching) (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Backupify Cloud Backup Free Until January 31;... →
rickbradley:
(posted by arafatm_)
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire,...”
– ~ Robert Fulghum (via gatekeeper)
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (via mischiefmanaged-) (via quote-book)
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Over the course of the average lifetime you meet a lot of people. Some of them...”
– The Wonder Years (via littlemiss)
Inc.com has more than 100 free tools that are... →
“Run from this industry.”
– Dizzee Rascal, Hardback (industry)
_why's Estate →
technotalk:
Everything _why has published on the internet should be accessible from here. It works sort of like a museum that sells maps. Many of his abandoned writings are mirrored locally here, and everything else is through external links.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
– Grace Murray Hopper (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...”
– George Bernard Shaw
“…Because you can’t argue with all the fools in the world. It’s easier to let...”
– Christopher Paolini (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait… The truth is, there are...”
– Robert Anthony (via littlemiss)
“Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.”
– Lee Iacocca (via calidre) (via quote-book)
“Life’s rewards go to those who let their actions rise above their excuses.”
– Lee J. Colan (via littlemiss)
“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how...”
– Dee Hock via shalu wasu (via bridgettelizabeth)
24 ways: Going Nuts with CSS Transitions →
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
– Mother Teresa (via simtan) (via quote-book)
“The first step towards change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open...”
– Will Garcia (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“Success takes you where character cannot sustain you.”
“So, given the choice, make specific common use simpler and more direct at the...”
– Omit needless code (via mnmal)
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your...”
– Erick S. Gray (via justbesplendid)
“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.”
– Nicholas Sparks (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.”
– Nicholas Sparks (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.”
– John Maeda
“Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting...”
– (via mardy-bum) (via softcore-porn)
“The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the...”
– Jo Courdert (via littlemiss)
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert, Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, “Dune”
“The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.”
– Ashleigh Brilliant (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you’re standing in...”
– Tom Ford via (via ellens)
3 justifiable rules to live by.
gatekeeper:
brainfood-:
don’t take advice from somebody you wouldn’t trade places with.
try not to do something you can’t take back.
something is what it is, and it’s not something else.
“A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be...”
– Nikos Kazantzakis (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn,...”
– Dr. Seuss (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Mark Twain (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...”
– Carson McCullers (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do...”
– Mary Wilson Little (via somethingintellectual)